Events
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2008 Annual Luncheon - Reserve your tickets today!
Chicago Appleseed and the Council are pleased to announce the details of the upcoming 2008 Annual Luncheon. Please join us on Tuesday, October 7 at the Palmer House Hilton. The reception begins at 11:30am, with the lunch and program at noon.
The keynote speaker is Paula Wolff, Ph.D., Senior Executive at Chicago Metropolis 2020. The Commitment to Justice Honorees are Richard A. Devine, Cook County State's Attorney, and Edwin A. Burnette, Cook County Public Defender.
The 2008 Annual Luncheon serves as the 39th Annual Meeting for the Chicago Council of Lawyers, and the 11th Annual Meeting for Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice. Tickets for the event are on sale now. For information about purchasing tickets or sponsoring a table, contact Amanda Grant at 312-988-6599, or agrant@chicagoappleseed.org.
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Tickets Now on Sale-Reserve Your Seat at the 2007 Annual Luncheon by Tuesday, September 25th!
On October 2, 2007, Chicago Appleseed and the Chicago Council of Lawyers will host our Annual Luncheon. The program will mark the 38th Annual Meeting of the Council and the 10th Annual Meeting of Chicago Appleseed. The 2007 Annual Luncheon will be held at the Palmer House Hilton, 17 E. Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois. The reception will begin at 11:30, with lunch and the program starting promptly at noon.
Our keynote speaker is Thomas Sullivan, senior partner at Jenner & Block LLP. We will be presenting the Commitment to Justice Award to Ada Skyles, Associate Director, Chapin Hall Center for Children, University of Chicago; Thomas Geraghty, Professor, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Northwestern University; and Diane Geraghty, Director, Civitas ChildLaw Center, Loyola University.
For more information, or to purchase your ticket by credit card, contact Amanda Grant at 312-988-6599 or agrant@chicagoappleseed.org. We look forward to seeing you there!
October 17, 2006
2006 Annual Luncheon
The 2006 Annual Luncheon was held on Tuesday, October 17th. Our keynote speaker was Lynn Sweet, D.C. Bureau Chief for the Chicago Sun-Times. We presented the Commitment to Justice Award to the Honorable Paul Biebel, Presiding Judge of the Criminal Division, for his exemplary accomplishments in improving the Cook County criminal justice system. The program marked the 37th Annual Meeting of the Council and the 9th Annual Meeting of Chicago Appleseed.
The following firms and companies were among those who sponsored tables for our 2006 Annual Luncheon:
Sponsoring Benefactor: Goldberg Kohn Bell Black Rosenbloom & Moritz, Ltd.
Sponsoring Contributors: Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. Grippo & Elden LLC Holland + Knight LLP Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP McDermott Will & Emery LLP Miner Barnhill & Galland PC Schiff Hardin LLP Sidley Austin LLP
Sponsoring Friends:
Robert T. Badesch, Badesch Abramovitch
The Boeing Company
Chicago Appleseed Board of Directors
Chicago-Kent College of Law
The Law Offices of Susan E. Cox, Ltd.
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP
Eimer Stahl Klevorn & Solberg LLP
Foley & Lardner LLP
The Law Offices of Susan Fortino-Brown
Jenner & Block LLP
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Michael Kreloff
Law Offices of Susan Fortino-Brown
Meites Mulder Mollica & Glink
Metroplex, Inc.
Miller Shakman & Beem LLP
Neal Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Novack & Macey LLP
Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd.
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
Torshen Slobig Genden Dragutinovich & Axel, Ltd.
September 15, 2006 -- 12:00pm
The Future of Judicial Selection in Illinois
The Future of Judicial Selection in Illinois September 15, 2006 12:00 to 1:30pm Chicago-Kent College of Law 565 W. Adams Street
Sponsored by The Chicago Council of Lawyers and the Chicago Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society
Moderator: Robert Bennett - Professor and former Dean, Northwestern University School of Law
Confirmed panelists: Rachel Caufield - American Judicature Society/Drake University
Deborah Goldberg - Director, Democracy Program, Brennan Center for Justice, NY School of Law
Shira Goodman - Associate Director, Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts
Hon. Benjamin Miller - Former Chief Justice Illinois Supreme Court
Lonny Ogus - Chicago attorney, Co-Chair Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial Screening
Zeophus J. Williams - Chicago attorney, Co-Chair Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial Screening
Larry Suffredin - Attorney, Shefsky & Froelich, Cook County Board Commissioner
July 28, 2006 -- 12:30pm
Children and Family Law Committee Meeting
Founded and chaired by Joan S. Colen, the committee is focusing on two issues: The first involves advocacy for improving Illinois' IV-D (child support enforcement) program. A second project looks at the procedures used by the Domestic Relations Division in approving, training, and overseeing lawyers as child representatives in custody cases.
The issue most pressing to the committee, however, is a response to proposed legislative changes to the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act's custody provisions. Proposed legislation was introduced in the Illinois legislature last year, and numerous parties are negotiating over various provisions. Members of the Council's Children and Family Law Committee feel that it is important that the legislature hear the voice of advocates for lower- income people.
March 7, 2006 -- 5:30pm
Soul of Jusitice: Thelton Henderson's American Journey
The Council is one of the co-sponsors of an upcoming American Constitution Society For Law and Policy (ACS) event, a screening of:
Soul of Justice: Thelton Henderson's American Journey Introduced by filmmaker Abby Ginzberg Featured remarks by The Honorable Ann C. Williams
Tuesday, March 7, 2006 5:30 - 7:30 pm Chicago Bar Association, Phillip H. Corboy Room 321 S. Plymouth Court, Chicago, IL
Reception to follow.
To RSVP, please email Chicago@ACSLaw.org
February 23, 2006
Chicago Appleseed Information Series:
Voter Education in Judicial Elections
In 2004, Chicago Appleseed initiated the www.voteforjudges.org campaign in an attempt to improve non-partisan voter education in judicial elections. The Chicago Council of Lawyers has worked with the political action committee, The Committee to Elect Qualified Judges for decades in an effort to distribute sample judicial ballots to voters. As part of the Chicago Appleseed Information Series, Chicago Appleseed Board member Chuck Smith, Partner at Skadden Arps Meagher & Flom, is hosting a session on voter education in judicial elections on Thursday, February 23 at 4:30 p.m. Friends and members of the Chicago Council of Lawyers and Chicago Appleseed are cordially invited to attend and to offer your ideas.
September 30, 2005
Council and Cook County Bar Association Forum on Racial Profiling
Speakers: Alexander Weiss, the Director of Northwestern University's Center for Public Safety, which analyzed data on traffic stops by governmental police forces throughout Illinois
Randolph Stone, Clinical Professor and Director, Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, University of Chicago Law School and former Cook County Public Defender
September 28, 2005
Annual Fundraising Luncheon
On September 28, 2005, Chicago Appleseed once again be joined with the Chicago Council of Lawyers to host our Annual Fundraising Luncheon. The program marked the 36th Annual Meeting of the Council and the eighth Annual Meeting of Chicago Appleseed.
We will be unveiled our new Criminal Justice Project with keynote speakers Randolph Stone and Steve Bogira. Each presented their unique perspective on the criminal justice system.
Randolph Stone is the former Public Defender for Cook County and is a clinical professor and Director of the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic at the University of Chicago. Steve Bogira is the award-winning reporter for the Chicago Reader and the author of Courtroom 302, which examines one year in one courtroom of America's busiest felony courthouse.
A Commitment to Justice Award was presented to Patricia Logue, senior counsel at Lamda Legal, for her commitment to the protection of civil rights and dedication to family law.